Patrick O'Brian
Patrick O'Brian (December 12, 1914 – January 2, 2000), born Richard Patrick Russ, was a novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.
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- "Come," he said, taking her by the hand and leading her to a distant sopha, "come and sit by me, and let us talk of bats."
- The Unknown Shore (1959).
- "And pray, what in sea language is meant by a ship?"
- "She must have three square-rigged masts, sir," they told him kindly, "and a bowsprit; and the masts must be in three - lower, top and topgallant - for we never call a polacre a ship."
- Master and Commander (1970)
- "... He is not very sharp in some ways; and in his simple view of the world, paederasts are dangerous only to powder-monkeys and choir boys, or to those epicene creatures that are to be found in Mediterranean brothels. I made circuitous attempt at enlightening him a little, but he looked very knowing and said, 'Don't tell me about rears and vices; I have been in the Navy all my life.'"
- "Then surely he must be wanting a little in penetration?"
- "James, I trust there was no mens rea in that remark?"
- Master and Commander (1970)
- "Jack, you have debauched my sloth."
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- HMS Surprise (1973)
- "My God, oh my God," he said. "Six hundred men."
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- Desolation Island (1979)
